Kingdom of Mangalai
Position of Aksu in China. Aksu was the former capital of Mangalai
Mangalai (Chinese: 曼尕賴; pinyin: Màngǎlài) was a 13th-century kingdom with its capital in northwest China's Akesu city. Mentioned by Marco Polo, it was subservant to Genghis Khan from 1224 to his death in 1227. On the edge of the Yuan Dynasty of China, Mangalai was controlled by the Chagatai Khanate. It's latter history sees periods of autonomy or inclusion of one of many larger kingdoms including: Mogulistan, Kashgar, and Kingdom of Kashgaria. In 1877 the area came under the control of the Qing Dynasty of China and remains part of the Chinese province of Xinjiang.
List of rulers
Early time and Mongol conquests
| Date |
Ruler's name |
| 1220-c. 1240 |
Babdagan |
Babdagan allied with Genghis Khan and his Mongols (1224–1227) playing taxes to them and providing military assistance thus keeping his kingdom. With the death of Genghis, the area came within the Chagatai Khanate from 1227 to 1348.
| Date |
Ruler's name |
| 1240c.-1260 |
Urtu Baraq |
| 1260–1340 |
unknown |
| 1340–1362 |
Puladchi |
1348-1514 A part of Mogulistan
| Date |
Ruler's name |
Notes |
| 1362-c. 1390 |
Hudaidad |
|
| c. 1390-c. 1420 |
Seyyed Ahmad Mirza |
|
| c. 1420-1457 |
Seyyed 'Ali |
|
| 1457–1464 |
Sansiz Mirza |
|
| 1464–1480 |
Muhammad Haidar Mirza |
(in Yarkand 1457-1480) |
| 1480–1514 |
Mirza Abu Bakr |
(the Chodja in Kashgar 1480-1514) |
| 1504–1514 |
Mansur Khan ibn Ahmad |
(Mogulistan 1508-14, Turfan 1503-45) his rule was opposed by Imal Khodja ibn Mansur Khan |
| 1514–1516 |
Imal Khodja ibn Mansur Khan 1514-1516 |
Independent from Mogulistan |
| 1516–1521 |
|
part of Mogulistan again |
| 1521–1533 |
Abd ar-Rashid Khan I |
(Mogulistan 1533-60) |
| 1534–1588 |
Muhammad Khan ibn Abd ar-Rashid |
Opposed by: Abd al-Karim Khan ibn Abd ar-Rashid |
| 1534–1560 |
Abd al-Karim Khan ibn Abd ar-Rashid |
|
| 1588–1591 |
Muhammad Baki Sultan |
|
| 1591–1596 |
Shah Khodja ad-Din Ahmad Khan |
(at Kashgar 1596-1609) |
| 1596–1609 |
Timur Sultan |
(in Kashgar 1609-1614) |
| 1609–1614 |
Hashim Mirza Bairin |
|
| 1614–1615 |
Iskandar Sultan |
|
| 1615–1632 |
Sultan Ahmad |
|
| 1632–1638 |
Abdallah Khan |
|
| 1638–1641 |
Gazi Shah Khodja |
|
| 1641–1642 |
Shah Beg |
|
| 1642–1651 |
Shahid Mirza Churas |
|
| 1651–1666 |
Nur ad-Din Khan |
(Mogulistan 1669) |
| 1666–1670 |
Ismail Khan |
(Mogulistan 1669, 1670–78, 1679–82) |
| 1670–1743 |
|
Part of Kashgar |
| 1743–1755 |
Ayyub Khodja |
|
| 1756–1759 |
Avdai Beg |
|
| 1759–1864 |
|
Qing Dynasty China |
| 1864–1866 |
Sadiq Beg |
|
| 1866–1877 |
|
Part of the Kingdom of Kashgaria (or Xinjiang) |
| 1877 |
Hakim Khan Tura |
|
| 1877 onward |
|
Part of China. |
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